In retrospect, our Pix last week were not far off the mark. Red Curls was off the board at Tampa Bay but was beaten only two lengths for the win, and Multiplier got left at Fair Grounds but closed strongly to be nosed out of the exacta. Tab both back. Ten BreezeFigs maidens crossed the wire first during the week: Aqueduct (two, including a BreezeFigs exacta); Delta Downs, Fair Grounds (two), Golden Gate, Laurel, Penn National, Santa Anita and Tampa Bay.

Aqueduct | Race 3 | Post Time 1:20 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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Race 3
Timber (#4)
Overcame a strong rail bias when rallying wide to win on Dec. 17.
Chris Englehart gets a 91 TimeformUS Trainer Rating second off the claim.
His dirt races are better than they appear, and his last was likely not a fluke.
2-1 on ML

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The brand-new Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park overshadows everything else on the stakes front Saturday, and not just because it is the world’s richest Thoroughbred race with a purse of $12 million. This inaugural Pegasus also features a rematch between Arrogate and Horse of the Year California Chrome, the one-two finishers in the Breeders’ Cup Classic last November, and marks the final start of California Chrome’s stellar career.

Pegasus World Cup

Aqueduct | Race 8 | Post Time 3:50 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs 

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Gee Whiz Lil

Trainer: Dallas Keen
Last race: Jan. 19, 4th
Finish: 3^rd by 1/2
Beyer: 57

This is a turf horse, and was impressed she rallied as well as she did to finish a close third in an off-turf, short-stretch mile. Seems poised to clear this Louisiana-bred allowance condition back on grass.

 Redesdale

Could It Be Me

Trainer: Kathleen O'Connell

Last race: Jan. 8, 6th

Finish: 7th by 5

Beyer: 49

Had an absolutely atrocious trip for the second time in a row in this one, bottled up down inside with no place to go for much of the stretch, seemingly with run.

Elijah

Trainer:  Lynn Chleborad

Last Race: Jan. 17, 2^nd

Finish: 7^th by 10 3/4

Beyer: 63

He has done his best work on the front end, but stumbled at the start of claiming route and trailed in the mud last time in a race that looks like a toss-out. He was favored, too, over a competitive kind of field, and also was claimed.

Dial Me

Race 3
Nevisian Sky (#5)
Was off slowly and rushed up in his debut.
Chad Brown gets a 93 Trainer Rating with runners coming off layoffs of this type.
Figures to show speed in a race lacking many early-pace players.
6-1 on ML

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Wilburnmoney
Trainer:  Gary Gullo
Last race:  Jan. 15, 8^th
Finish:  3rd by 2 1/4 
Beyer:  57
Wound up last in the early stages of a New York-bred allowance sprint, and couldn't make progress while stuck in traffic all through the turn before finishing gamely for third behind the two favorites.  ​Three-year-old filly is in deceptively good form right now.